linux-kernel - [PATCH 03/18] pstore: Avoid race in module unloading

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Date:   Mon,  6 Mar 2017 13:55:17 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <nobuhiro.iwamatsu.kw@...achi.com>,
        Qiuxu Zhuo <qiuxu.zhuo@...el.com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Anton Vorontsov <anton@...msg.org>,
        Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
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        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
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        Pan Xinhui <xinhui.pan@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
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Subject: [PATCH 03/18] pstore: Avoid race in module unloading

Technically, it might be possible for struct pstore_info to go out of
scope after the module_put(), so report the backend name first.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
 fs/pstore/platform.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/pstore/platform.c b/fs/pstore/platform.c
index 074fe85a2078..d69ef8a840b9 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/platform.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/platform.c
@@ -722,10 +722,10 @@ int pstore_register(struct pstore_info *psi)
 	 */
 	backend = psi->name;
 
-	module_put(owner);
-
 	pr_info("Registered %s as persistent store backend\n", psi->name);
 
+	module_put(owner);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pstore_register);
-- 
2.7.4